The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-18 00:00:00

! MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS-This day. ...- , AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. , commtncan INTELLIGENCE, Share Railways. 1m I p. ' Closing Business IPrice. 1 -- "i I done. CITY 13.14. Bir., Wol., an d Str. Val. all 8 34 , TWELVE O'CLOCK:st Blythe and Tyne. - - No alteration is no ti cea bl e i n t h e appearance o f 10 Bost.,Sl ea t., andlllid.Uo all Si 9 at c ß a rl e st d o o l n a i n a an d Exeter the discount market. The inquiry for accommoda- is Corr ?landau 0 1181 119; tion is small, and the rate for first-class three - - 20 all 1 6 7 months' paper continues at 81 per cent. Most 10 D o A A vets no di, all '- _ parties are holding over their bills in anticipation of 10 Do. 11 ti e l e l r n 'P p e a tri c l,in alt - - g C ) tt u n blit i t,t t t?e , lll,; ) t June.j allal 35 U a reduction being made in the Bank rate to-morrow. About £BB,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank st Edinburgh . '& Gla . sgovv e. : 100 68 90 at •ilasg. and S. Western. 100 101 1 06 yesterday. at Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 47 47 471 4 There was a slight downward tendency in the at Ditto A stock - - at Ditto East Anlian at 100 61 74 firei gn exc h anges yester d ay a f ternoon . sat l . , e Do A stock G ,3 r r e e a t t N No e rrtthhoefrnloo 129 131 Scotland - - I The shares of the Tavistock Iron and Coal Com- Iwo 1138 140 1391 1 Ploy were in demand this day at 11 to 2 prem. it Do Bdo st Gt. S. ana W. of Irelan: 100 S3O 92 Tie list of application is closed. at Great Western .. . 100 64 641 64 The directors of the Natal Land and Colonisation a s t L a D n o oa S sti r Y e a l u o a ik e f3ri c r i; e 100 ; 1 - 111 1111 1111 1 1 Company have just issued their report to be pre- st London and ,Blackll 100 0 . 67_ r n , n 44 st Lon., Bright.& Coast 100 1043 4 10 6 0 1)1 0 - rented at the forthcoming meeting. It states that, at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 40 115 [lOl 1 "After writing off 10 per cent. of the preliminary at a l',D o u n : && North Western Weste r n 100 100 6 1101 111 4 111 ! 101, 11 expenses, the accounts show a net profit to the 31st at Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 534 141 December of L 13,466 Bs. 7d., of which sum 50 25 Al f i tur t f i t i a r n en d Carlisle. a ll 2 : £3,473 Bs. 9d. have been already dist r ib u t e d among B a t t Metropolitan all 1144 114 115 11i 154 dl Midland he sha re holders, leaving a b a l ance o f £9 , 9 92 - Do New 19s. 10d. still to be dealt with. The directors t 53 o d: t o . ji3M.f&lrDear Ireland all 100 a1 102 11C4 therefore propose, on the present occasion, to pay a Mid 25 25 Do. shares - - Rent - - dividend at the rate of 63. per share, free of income 10 Do Cray Line - - 01 tax,lvehich will absorb a furthe r sum o f £6 , 9 18155., et ;4] ogn.th Perth, h & Dundee 12 2 5 61 34 `5; making, with the previous dividend of 33., a total at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 101 1014 1014 1 26 Do, G.N.E. parches, 16.13.4 - - 0 distribution for the year of 9s. per share, or 9 per at Do Leeds lOO 574 684 571 upon the £5 paid shares, and leaving a surplus to ata Do. '3},orrlle be carried forward to the next account of £3,074 4s. at North London 1. 10d. In addition to th e p ropose d di v id end, the fund , 16.4 No D r ( L N S e ta w rOWhYr '''' :: all 78 7EI arising from the payment of 20e. per share on the et U t Scottish.a and d blentra Junc tion. l a c l i l 1 1 2 .0 1 4 1 T 14,000 paid up shares to be converted into ordinary at Scot N. E., Aber ' . sto l, o 100 39 40 shares, as expl a i ne d i n th e c i rcu l ar i ssued last 10 Sh D re o w B s co a t ne 2 l l 'Xe , lo t li ) p ck o . o . i 1 :1 ( 1 ---- -- February, w ill b e di str ib uted as a bonus at the rate at Shropshire Union at South Devon .... at South Eastern . lOO 901 914 914 1 of 143. on each paid up share, and 7a, on each share et South Wales - - on which £5 h ave b een pa id. st S. York. and River Dun 100 103 106 The Freehold and General Investment Compan y. 20 gl=tgr=lll=la all 364 374 With a capital of £250,000, the first issue to consist ''? 8 0 0 New, 186 G 10 8 84 of half the amount in shares of £25 each, has been at Taft Vale.. ....- lOO 165 17u • 3 85 7 t p brought forward for the purpose of purchasin g 10 Do t 3 3 4 freehold and leasehold property in London and its I € s , Ulster - - 20 - 1 , - neighbourhood. Negotiations are now in progr ess 12.10 Do 5l - --, 5 for th e ac q u isition of freehold properti es at the at Victoria ri s e t a a! h and Pim lOO NO 1( West End, and th© vendors have agreed to take a at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 j- - at West Cornwall , 100 - - portion of their money in shares of the company. at W. Hartlepool Har.&R ; 100 - - - at West Midland--O x f or d ; 100 - - - at Do Newport! 100 --- Two O'CLOCK. at Do Hereford' 160 - l - At Paris this morning, according to R eu t er ' s _______ telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 750. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Heavy. • Closing I The English Stock M ar k e t h as b een adversely Share nailways Paid. Price. _ Business done influenced to-day through politi ca l rumours relative 100 .3AI/soda &St Lawrence all 59 61 605 sk 1 Bom.,Baroda3c.Centlnci 100 102 1031 1031 to the Conference, and C onso l s h ave declined 1 per 20 no:lleiwer cent. 8 - - tent., the quotations being 911 + for money and 20 Do. E. Shares... 7l id I P , 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all t 1 61 90 1 i less the dividend, for the account. The 10 Do. Preference New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89+1 ; 100/ , 1 3 3 1 1 ) Ifr a l . ° , b E d i s an a e 0 G° 1 ti? ; l 2 ' to 77 82 Annuities, 1885, 14 9 sixteenths ; Exchequer Bills, 1 ( 00 0 g o . : g o o. y u -,13, - , 1 1 , 1873.44 100 0 777 g,' March, 10s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1051 +; at eleutta.,t e.Eastn. (Litt' 100 101 IL3 Enfaced 4 per Cents. • and the Bonds 25 di s . , 93 1 , st Cape Town Dock Scri l 100 98 100 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 105 107 105 Bank Stock is 237, and India Stock 217. stock Last Indian, gu. sp. c. 10') 1041 5054 1041 541 20 Do. G Ext... . 15 i P Rather less firmness is apparent in the Foreign 20 Do. do. 1.1 do. .. 15 1 1 P , Market, and business is quiet. Turkish 6 per stock Gran dile l l ei u ll i r ko to f u C e a n n i a sda l a t i o l ;0 2 ; i Cents., 1862, are 71+ I ; do., Consolides, 48+ 49 ; 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 61 1 , 5 5. 5 61 Mexican, 441 i ; do. New Loan,l dis. par.; Greek, 100 Do. Vo. lief. all 53 65 100 Do. 3d Pref stock all 47 49 233 4 1; Spanish Passive, 341 -I; Portuguese, 481 1 ; too Do. do. deferred......... all 40 12 Italian, 67+ 68 ; Russian Loan, 2+ + prem. ; Swedish, 100 Do. o 4th o i A'erfeefr . rser : : all U 2B do., 2+ i preen. ; and the Confederate Loan, 65 67. stook Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 104 105 1044 }1 1 20 12 1 1 1 The operations in the Railway Share Market tjg.. blowgun. LP6.2e...: have been exc ee di ng l y restr i cte d , and the only stook Gt. South.oflndia(Lim - change of importance has been an advance of £2 *O4 G L v v rail e t a e n d a s d p a u a e r n e t e . l a o l o l 124 1 0 03 4 4 on London and Brighton; Metropolian have ime t Do. New 18 101 101 fl Do. 8 p.c. 73 with't opt. all 90 92 proved 55.; and Great Western have declined 58. 100 Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 84 The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without sto W ok Madras g ra e r r kipm ote. 102 0 p it a )/ Itig 1021 change of importance as regards values. stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 96 98 stock Dc. 44 do .. ...... 100 9s 94 Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have, in some 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - instances, been a shade II atter. Alliance have stock Ilelb : Corp 6p. o. Bnds. 100 - - i 0 nab :& Robson's Bay. all 57 CO receded to 621 ; Bank of London to 58+; London 1 .1 a N D ew o. lls p u . rtw ff ic ° ;dt tg ea ß n d d s a . all - and Colonial have improved to 16817 ; and London • Claes A and B. all 3 5 Financial to 281 l N.Rl.C'da6 po Ist pt bds 100 82 74 il . stock Soinde ........ •• ) (100 1021 1034 1031 3 I Subjoined are the current quotatio ns o f some o f stock Do. Delhi.. SO Do. do 'r. t 2 id 4p the principal new projects :-Millwall Iron Works, at Do. Punjaub - all its 2 1t.3 t 100 - - 1 1 . prem. ; Imperial Bank of China, 1 1 ptem.; sock 'IT ). D°. - .: -.'' l 1 c. Indus. St. I , lo j k Iot% 93 95 E Provincial Banking Corporation, 1 1 prem.; Inc c te rnational Land Credit Company, 2 + prem. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - t. , nn.(ior. dp.c.J a. &Jul ) 1 - - I 1877-84 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. - I Do. ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 162 104 El .. G OVERNMENT FUNDS. ..- i Do. ep. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 o Per Cent. Consol s - Do. f 5 p. c. Jan.&July. 10i 90 I; 901 11 t Ditto Account, May 8 - I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 1 - 'Cape G.llope, 6 p 0.1873 100 106 108 I N per Cent. Reduced - 1 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 ew 3 per - Cent. 89 4 1 4 Do. 1890 1011 108 110 1081 i Neve 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 - - ;Do. Jim. & July, 1891.. 102 110 112 c Ditto 5 per C en t., J an . 1873 - - ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 101 104 Annuiti es , 30 yrs , exp i re I - 511turitius 6 per cent .. 100 196 108 iitli J an., 1880 - Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 9-16 -Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 106 108 - I Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. - -- I N.B.Gov.6p.e.Ja.,sa u l ) 100 101 103 I Ma p. v. c.A p & a., March. June. - ; N . S . W . G o. 5 p 1801 100 99 100 o Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent. 10 dis --' Dv. sp. c.,187 t t o 1 8 7 1 100 99 101 Ditto £5OO - -- ! Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 99 101 991 Ditto 4100 and £2OO - !New Zealand 6 p cent . 100 10J 111 o sank England Stk, 54 per Ct. - 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. t - I sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 Ditto Account,. ;Queensland Gc v . 6p. c . 100 - - v ~. INDIAN GOVERNMENT •SECURITIES. •-. IS. AUR G6p.0.1.875A up lOO 109 11 1 India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... 217 - ' Pla.Gov. 6p.c..Ja..tJuly 100 - - 'Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1670 - Do. io 6 n.e. Ap.&o ot .. NO 1074 1011 - 1081 8 ____ s Ditto Account - Ditto 4 per Cent., O c t. 1888 - BRITISH MINES. Do Certificates - 2 i .laralorian Consol. Gold 1 I 4d d Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 93 5 - 'l:fi - orri Amalgamated.. - 32 34 b Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - - Devon G. Cone. Tavist.) 1 569 670 Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 - East Bassett (Illog*an).. 30 07 70 East Clogau Gold. Ltd. - - d b Ditto Debent ures , 4 p er C t ., Apr i l 1861 - - -.- East Caradon ...... .... i 1.14. e 30 31 ~.. Ditto ditto A ug ., 1866 - - 'xast Cara Brea... ,1 3.4.0 64 (.1 65 1)11-to Bonds 81,000 - E. W'llt u ssel(Ta v istk., l 8.13.0 31 4 Ditto under £l,OOO 25 dis - ,GamASt.Aubyn(Gwen ,' 58 / 7 9 0 FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES, - !Great South Tolgus.... 17 s 21 3 - I,G. Wheal Vor (lielston, 40 34 36 85 4 n Austrian B on d s , 5 per Cent- 'Grenville ... 6.16.1 91 91 13 razilian 5 per C en t Ditto 1859 - - i Licrod's-Foot ... 8.12 88 40 - I ilingaton Downs 4 .1 8 .0 35 4 Ditto 44 per C en t., 1852-5 8 - 60 --Lady Bertha Di - - 'Margaret (Day 1 Lelant 91 15 17 itto 1863 6 per Ce n t Illienos Ayres 1 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 24 14 4 d C _ Ditto Account - New Setun l9l 83 90 J i b unilian 6 per Cent - • North Downs i 2l 11 11 - V.WIII. Basset(lllo 4 an t 3.1.0 15 2 tl ,„ Ditto 45 pei Cent B4 - North Wheal Crotty ..I 2.6.9 4 45 ft ‘;‘.,olombian 6 per Cent .. --- - i Var Consols(St. Blazey;l - - ` 1113 3., 6 per Cent. D anish 3 per Cent., 1825 - ! South Caradon(St.Cleer: 11 450 470 p Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 - - 13. Care Brea (Illogan).. - , - - it . 0 Ditt o Scrip £5O paid - IS.Wheal Iran. (Elnan, 18.15.9 40 50 - Stray Park ,30.17.6 23 30 IA ',Fqiinclor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. - - I Vanier 5117.& Lead Min 1 - - L •IgYptian 7 per Cent - Irin Crest I 9 18 19 * D itto, Second Issue - - West Basset (Illogan).. 11 9 10 tl Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Couprms.. - - 1 1 V Cr radon (Liskeard; 5 1 6 18 164 b; D itto Account . - .IWest Cr` ...... 471 185 1 9 5 Ditto C oupons C - IWhev.l Basset (Illogand 54 90 95 - Wheal Bulleratedrutli ) ; 10 30 35 it _ Ditto Account . - Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant ) ; 2.0.6 - - u uaternal a 5 per Cent. 0. tili?itto, 1839 and 1859 - ViTheal MaryAnni,Llen.), 8 12 14 a !/ e .l,.i n 5 per Cent.(Marenimana Railway) - - Wheal Beton ..1 581 1 225 235 tt 4 :swan 3 per Cent .... - , Wheal Trciawney (Lis.) 7 20 21 - !Wheal Union 13.17 14 2 01 Ditto Account BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share nallways Paid. Price. Business done 100 atlantic &St Laiirenc€ all 59 61 601 Sk Bom.,Baroda.k.Cent Ind 100 102 1031 103} I Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares... 7l id I P 201 Buffalo and .Laae Huron all r 6} 1 0 Do. Preference . all 81 91 Buflalo,Brant,&Godriel: 100 82 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1812 10 77 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 77 8! 100 Do. do. Jlllll3 1, 1674 100 77 82 st Clcutta.‘t S.Eastn. (Lit. 100 101 113 st Cape Town 17. Dock Seri; 100 98 100 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 105 107 105 stook East Indian. gm. sp. c. 105 1041 5051 1044 541 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 1 a P 20 Do. do. II do. .. 15 1 I P stock Grand Trunk of Canada 10u 2u 21 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 i 4 7 2 1 1 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 61 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all t 3 65 61 100 Do. do. deferr ed...... all 53 65 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 47 49 1 00 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 12 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook... all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 24 t 6 stook Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.o 100 104 105 1041 11 1 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 I Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. 100 1021 1031 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 10} 01 Do. New 18 101 104 u 10 2 0 Do. 8 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 90 92 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 par 4p 2 'took Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 not 103 1021 :took Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 96 98 stock Dc. 44 d 0........ 100 9.: 94 2 0 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 itock nelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 nab. & Ilobson's Bay. all 57 t.,9 100 Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bds. all S 0 Newßrur swickdt Cando Class A and B. all S 5 N.l2l.C'da6 pa lat pt b.s 100 82 74 stock Soinde •• ) (100 1021 1031 141 3 stock Do. Delhi.. I 100 101 103 SO Do. d 0...... ' 2 id lo st Do. Punjaub c 1 all 102 103 Do. Do. ........ , , 100 `oek I Do. Indus. St. F 10. ) 'kVA; 93 95 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. , GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. 892 1 i New 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire iitliJ an., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 9-16 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.. Mach. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 10 dis Ditto £5OO . h Ditto £lOO and £2OO j° auk England Stk, 51 per Ct. Ditto Account,. „. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 217 *!Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1670 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 93 1 Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Ditto of per Cent., May, 1879 —. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 ~., Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 "Itto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO 25 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 B razilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 , Ditto 1863 kluenos Ayres 6 per Cent _ Ditto Account Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 pel Cent B4 Combian 6 per Cent ..— Cuba, 6 per Cent. b anish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 Ditto Scrip £5O paid „quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. z gYptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., .1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account b i tt o C oupons Ditto Account .— Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto 1839 and 1859 Itaiian 5 ' per Cent.(Marenimana Railway) Remean 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account koorish Imperial 6 per Cent 11Tew Granada Ditto 2 per Cent..... — Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectaree) — Peruvian 41 per Cent ' Ditto Account.... , Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B6! Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 481 Ditto Account — 11•./Asian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 • • Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 -Ditto 1864 Scrip, 310 paid in Ditto Anglo-Dutch .... !Panish 3 per Cent 1 'Ditto Account ............... bitto New Deferred .. . . Ditto Account Ditto Pass , ve . — Ditto Account ................ 311 14 .Panish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... 111 Ditto Account Wedish 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip, £2O paid p m T urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 itto Account _ -Ditto, £lOO Bonds _ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account •• Ditto £lOO Bonds.. — Ditto 1863 t, Dit to Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. 99k T e llezuela 3 per Cent. k t Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 itto Account 551 Ditto 6 per Cent, 1861 Ditto If per Cent AUDividends on the above payable in Lond .n. ct • z rian, 5 per C en t., Ex. 10 Florins. -- 4 . b e igian 41 per Cont., Ex. 25f... — b ur den 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull 1 -vitt° 4 per Cent. Certificat es falloff, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs Di tto Account 0013.801 s Money THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto Account 9li 1 •.. 90i i a d PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 107 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref. 102 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. s t oc k, Ditto, Bristol and 13irm., 6 per cent., 1351 North British, Border Union gua. pref. Sh., 11 PREFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKI. 4 . London, Chatham, ko., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., Ditto, ditto, C,,6 per cent. 79 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 por cent., 114 i Midland Bradford prof: stock, 94i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 94 Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) qua. 7 per cent., 171 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12 Sambre and Meuse, 8 San rani° gua. 7 per cent., 11f Ditto (all), 201 20 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, 4 arket firm and quiet. Sales, 7,000 bales, Im. Otte, 8,161; previously, 53,863. FOREIGN MINES. _ . Cape Copper, lirn., 121 Kapunda (Urn.), Santa Barbara Gobi Mine (lira.), St. John del Key (lira.), 15 Yudanarnutana of S. Australia, Rm., 3 DOCKS. Southampton, 62 BANKS. Alliance (Um.). 651 21 Ditto, new, 56 21 Anglo Austrian, 71 Australasia, 74 Bank of Otago, lim., 91 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 121 British and Californian, lira., 61 Chartered ger. of India, London, and China, 70i 70 Consolidated Bank, lim., 111 I ti . East:London, Rm., 81 • European Bank, Hui., 127, 1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (11m.), 33 Ditto, new, 15 Imperial Bank (lim.), Ditto, new, 251 Imperial Ottoman, 21i 4 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 6 1 London Bank of Scotland, lira. ' 221 London and Brazilian (limo, 581 London and Colonial (11m.), 16 17 London and County, 64 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, Um., MI London Joint Stock, 49 81 London and Northern, lim., 23 / London and South African, ..26 London and 1% estminster, 94/ Merchant Bank, lim., 231 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 191 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 32,1. Mexican, lim., 6 7 , 7 New South Wales, 561 London, firm., and S. Staffordshire, lim., 241 5} London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 61 I Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 141 1 Oriental Bank Corporation, 621 Union of London, 501 81 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance, 1im.,131 3 Berlin Water Works, Um., Si City Offices, lira., 6 CnrnPauy of African Merchants, lim,, 21 Continental Union Gas, ai MISCELLAN EOUS—Continued. Credit Fonder, 111 13 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim„ 44 • Crystal Palace, 33 26 3 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim. 54 Euglish and Australian Copper, 14 English and Scottish Marine, lim., 54 - 6 Financial Corporation, 41 4 Financial Discount, lim., 41 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 61 7 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 101:1:174 General Steam Navigation, 274 Hudson's Bay, 191 Imperial Financial, lim., 9-1 4 84 International Financial Society, lim., 111 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 864 Joint Stock Discount, Jim., 74 London Financial Association, lira., 286 1 1 London General Omnibus Company, 21 1 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 16 National Discount Company, Rm., 144 1 4 Ditto, new, 94 Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lim , Ditto, ditto, 21 3 26 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 51 Smith, Knight, and Co., Societe Fina,,ciere d'Egypte. 1im.,751 6 51 Trust and Agency of Australasia, 1im..12i 3 Universal Alarine, Insurance, lim., sja THE SUN, • LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before the Comecon Sergeant and a Jury.) ADVERTISING FOR EMPLOYMENT.-A NEW CHIMNEY POT. , --HA.DDON V. PIKER. This was an action to recover commission for selling a new and improved chimney- pot, and it created some amuse ment. Mr. Besley appearing for plaintiff, and Mr. Collins for the defendant. It appeared that plaintiff saw an advertisement in the Daily Telegraph for canvassers for an article in daily and great request. He was to have a commission on all he sold and ho set out that he had intro ',laced the article in a few places, but with great difficulty. In cross-examination plaintiff said he went round with a sample, worse luck. (Great laughter.) 'kir. Collins—Why so ? Plaintiff—Because I had to drag ahmt all day with one of the chimney-pots under my arm, in a hat-box. (Laughter.) It was like a great pillow. Mr. Collins—Why did you not put it on your head. (Great laughter.) Plaintiff—Because my head does not smoke. (Renewed laughter.) Another witness deposed to having gone round, but he was not bothered with samples. He sold without. An attempt was made to refer the case, but plaintiff's counsel declined, and defendant's counsel endeavoured to show that plaintiff was seeking to recover for more pots than ho had sold. The inventor of the new chimney pots said he made cer tain terms with the plaintiff, lower than those claimed. Defendant was the capitalist. Mr, Bealey—Now is this your advertisement—" Wanted agents everywhere to introduce the everlasting mousetrap." (Roars of Laughter). Witness—lt is. Witnesses were called to show that special terms had been agreed upon before the plaintiff went to work. His Lordship having summed up, The jury found for the plaintiff for his claim less 10s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Days MARLBOROUGH STREET. COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE.—BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE MESSENGER OF THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.—John Kennedy, one of a number of fellows who nightly hang about the Haymarket Theatre, and cause great confusion by running after and annoying persons leaving the theatre to know whether they require cabs, &c., was brought be fore Mr. Knox charged with the following brutal assault on Alfred Bell, messenger at the Haymarket Theatre. Bell said that on the previous he saw the prisoner and three other men at the dress circle entrance of the theatre annoyirg ladies by soliciting them to have cabs. He attempted to move the men, when the prisoner turned round and gave him a violent blow on the nose, knocking him down, and on getting up the prisoner gave him another blow in the face and then ran away. In answer to Mr. Knox, the complainant said he had not been to a doctor yet, but his nose was broken. Police-constable 300 A proved pursuing the prisoner and taking him into custody. The prisoner said he was shoved by tho complainant, and he thought he was justified in striking him. Mr. Knox said the. prisoner was one of a gang of touters who hung about the theatre and were a perfect nuisance. The complainant was only doing his duty in trying to re move them, so that persons leaving the theatre should he allowed to do so without being annoyed, when the prisoner commits a violent assault upon him and breaks his nose, He should sentence the prisoner to two months imprison ment with hard labour. CAUTION TO BEEESHOP KEEPERS.--Mr Daniel Bard, the keeper of a beershop at High-street, St. Giles's, was summoned by the police for opening his house for the sale of beer before one o'clock on Sunday. Inspector James Brennan, of the F division, proved visiting the defendant's house at a quarter past 12 on Sun day morning, the Bth inst., in company of Sergeant Ackrill, and seeing six men standing in front of the bar, one of them drinking from a quart pot containing malt liquor. Having called Mrs Bard's attention to the men being there, he went into a room at the rear of the bar and saw some men sitting at a table, on which were strewed some playing cards. There was also a quart pot with beer in it. Mrs Bard represented the persons in the room as her lodgers. In answer to Mrs Bard, who represented the husband, Inspector Brennan said the door of the house was not shut, only closed to. Sergeant Ackrill corroborated the inspector, and said that on leaving with the inspector he placed a constable to watch the house to see whether any of the persons Mrs, Bard said were lodgers come out. A constable said from a quarter past 12 to 2 o'clock he saw persons leave the house and ono enter. Mrs Bard having called some witnesses, Mr Knox ascertained from the inspector that the defen dant had previously been fined 20s and costs for keeping his house open till a quarter past one. The inspector and sergeant both stated that bad charac ters frequented the house. Mrs Bard said the police had not told the truth. Mr Knox said he did not believe two such intelligent officers as the inspector and sergeant would swear what was not true. The defendant was fined 20s and costs. THAMES. ROGUES IN GRAIN. —SCANDALOUS ROEBERT.—Thomas Clark, George Owen, and George Wilton, were brought before Mr Paget, charged with being concerned in stealing three sacks of oats, the property of Messrs. Sewell and Co., farmers, of Carbury, near 'Woodford-bridge, in Essex. Yesterday, in consequence of information received, a police-constable named Leuis Lambert, 311 K, received instructions from Inspector Kenessey, of the K division, to watch Messrs Sewell's vans and carts on their way to London, as it was believed some of their men were robbing them of corn to a great extent. Lambert saw a van drawn by three horses belonging to Messrs Sewell, and in charge of Clark, drive up to the Bird-in-Hand publichouse in Bow in the afternoon. The team stopped there. Owen, who is employed at the stables atttched to the Bird-in-Hand, took a sack of oats off the van, carried his load down the yard of the Bird-in• Hand, and was joined by Wilton, who is the ostler to another publican named Flowers, who is also a contractor, and lives nearly opposite Wilton, opened a padlock which secured the stable door, brought out another sack, and held it wide open while Owen discharged the sack of oats he took from the van into it. Lambert then made his appearance and at once captured the two ostlers, who seemed thunderstruck. Lambert also made a prisoner of Clark. There were two more sacks of oats in the van, and Lambert believed they would have been taken into the stables of the Bird in• Hand it he had not been pre sent. The prisoners begged most earnestly of Lambert to release them, and offered him money. Wilton said, "I'll give you anything to let me go." In answer to Mr. Paget, the constable said Clark was present when Owen took the sack of oats off the van, and while it was being taken into the stable he stood in the road close to his horses. Mr. Henry Sowell, solicitor, and in partnership with his brother as a farmer, in Essex, said the three sacks of oats belonged to him and his brother. He looked at the samples of black oats taken from the sacks, and a sample taken from a building on his farm. The samples were all alike. He had a manufactory in London. The van ought to have come up empty yesterday. The horses were fed with a mixture of chaff and oats in nosebags. There ought not to have been any oats in sacks in the van. Clark had been carter and foreman in his employ at the farm for three years. Lambert said that two other men in Messrs. Sewell's employ had been engaged in stealing their corn, and asked for a remand. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoners for a week. ANOTHER FAMINE IN HUNGARY.—The Pestle Hirnok professes to have learned from reliable sources that the recent hard frosts have destroyed nine• tenths of the rape and four•tenths of the wheat sown in Hungary. The loss sustained is estimated at 40,000,000f1., but the accuracy of the estimate is questionable. THE MURDER ON BOARD THE SAXON.—There is a naval court-martial in session at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, for the trial of Acting Master Charles Danenhower, of the United States navy, upon a charge of murder on the in shooting James Gray, mate of th e B r i t i sh barque high s'se S a sson, in October last, off the coast of Africa. The charges are preferred by Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, upon the information of Lord Lyons, the British Minister. and justified for The case was submitted to a cour t of inquiry, after the return of the Vanderbilt , on which t h e accused was serving, a th n e d a li c e t, w a a n s d fu t l h ly e exonerated from wasfro unmbdlaemrset,eed, was approved by the Secretary of the Navy. His lordship the British Minister, not being satisfied with the result of the pre c,odings, has induced the Government to convene a court martial for the trial of Mr. Danenhower, and the esso is, as we have said, in process of trial, —New York BeraW, Progress of Ordnance at Home and Abroad, The above was the title of a most important and interest ing lecture delivered by Commander R. A. B. Scott, R.N., at the United Service Institution, on Monday evening; Captain Heath in the chair. Capt. Scott remarked that at his lecture in January, 1862, he had to describe the French cast-iron guns, hooped, rifled, which still fired the round ball, and made use of rifle pro jectiles with a low charge for the purposes of bombardment. Now the French were fast making steel guns, which they had rifled upon a simple plan, and it had been said that 4- one-third inch plates w ith wooden backing had been pierced at 1,000 yards by a s t ee l shot from a gun weighing 6 tons. The rifling of their fi e ld- p i eces, which are muzzle-loaders, continued unchang e d, and the projectiles have similar studs to those that wer e fi rst adopted. American officers wbo had taken part in the struggle going on between the North and the South had told him that in that country the navy had always been opposed to the tided guns, and although several of the larger Parrotts have been introduced it had been in opposition to their opinion. Qne officer, who had commanded a squ a d ron, told him that the crews were afraid to use th e r ifl e d guns, and that in consequence he gradually got r id o f all but a few light chase pieces. The experience at Ch ar l eston amply confirmed this idea, for a large prop or ti on of the Parrott r ifles gave way below ;an average of 300 rounds each, and most of them gave way towards the muzzle, owing to the increasing twist checking the s h e ll , and so causing an explosion in the gun. They stood pretty well when fired horizontally, but could not stand hi g h elevations where the recoil was reduced. The new c as t - i ron 10-inch American gun of n tons, with a special charge of 43,1 e., was the most powerful broadside gun in th e world. This charge was only in tended to be used when th e gun was employed against an iron-clad. The 11-in c h D alhgren guns had been ordered by the Secretary to th e N avy to fire a charge of 301 b. of powder when engaging an i ron-clad ; but the usual charge was settled at 291 b. for a solid shot, and 151 b. for a shell. The light charges of 301 b. were adopted after many trials, when it was found that 11 inch charcoal iron guns were far stronger than anticipated, and that as an iron-clad would be engaged at close quarters and the gun would be laid nearly horizontal, it would have but a comparatively small strain thrown upon it. The Southern States, although un accustomed to the manufacture of iron, soon started a foun dry, and had continued to turn out guns in considerable numbers. The size of bore most in use for their defences was a 10-inch. It was round steel shot from smooth-bore guns of this size which did such good service at Charleston, and large quantities of the shot were made by Mr. Vavas seur, the present manager of the Blakely Ordnance Com pany. Several other English makers also assisted, and the shot was sent out as " cheese." The Southerners had a pot rifle called after Captain Brook, which—like the Parrott gun--is of cast iron strength ened with a band over the breech. They found, however, from the capture of the Atlanta, that they were greatly mistaken as to the power of the rifle, and that after all the smooth bore was the best gun. What dispelled their confidence was a 4201 b. shot from a Rodman gun on board the Weehawken, which shook every timber of the Atlanta, and killed or wounded about 40 men, besides paralysing the remainder of the crew. The Southerners had received a considerable number of field guns from Europe, some strengthened iron guns of large bore, and some steel guns. But the Blakely Company knew more about that part of the subject than the lecturer did. The Prussian system—from which the English lead -coating and breech loading was a delicate off-shoot—consisted of a rifling similar to the Parrott and Manton, with the exception that the grooves narrowed towards the muzzle, and so relieved the strain upon the gun. It was possible that this ingeni ous arrangement suggested the contrivance of the muzzle nips in the English fine grooved and shunt guns, as well as for the French plan, the principle being similar to that of our early Enfields. The Prussian projectiles were leaded so as to show large projectiles of lead, which squeeze down info the rifling with comparative small strain. They first used one and then two wedges in their breech-loading, but they have not found breech-loading so satisfactory as they anticipated for 24-pounders. The Prussians com menced with a field-piece made by Krupp of mild steel, and the wear of these guns had given them no reason to regret their choice of material. They then con verted their brass guns into rifled breech-loaders. They are now replacing their new 24-pounder rifled guns of 50 or 60 cwt. and their cast-iron rifles by steel guns. It appeared to have been a shot from one of these steel 24- pounders that lately damaged the Danish cupola ship by striking her on the deck. Referring next to the Austrians, Captain Scott remarked that after numerous experiments with gum-cotton, and almost perfecting its use they seemed unwilling to incur further expense, and therefore the manu facture was drooping. In the matter of artillery they had made but little progress during the past year. The position of the Spanish, Swedish, Danish, and Italian artillery was also about the same as it was in the beginning of 1862, The Russians had been recently making numerous experiments. They had copied the French system of grooving. England had supplied them with a large number of steel shot, and it was understood that most of the 9-inch and 11-inch built up steel guns now making by the Blakely Company were for that nation. The Russians had also given large orders to Krupp for solid steel guns, and had also caused several to be made in their own country ; but the larger charges and heavy elongated shot used had prevented the heavy solid rifled guns yet tried from withstanding 100 consecutive discharges—a failure which might be cured by the use of lighter shot. But there could be no doubt that the guns were powerful, and behind the iron slabs with which their forts are to be covered they would prove very formidable antagonists to any ships daring to attack them, for they could fire round shot with the heaviest charges, Having thus briefly noticed the progress of ordnance abroad the lecturer directed attenti on to proceedings at home ; b ut inasmuch as when Sir Willi am Armstrong' s system was adopted it was said th a t the country was boun d to work it out, any rem ar k s upon home ordnance must necessarily be conined to a resume of the progress and results of that system. He -- e (Captain Scott) had the grati fication of stating, in connection with that system, that not only had the Armstrong 12 pounder been reduced a foot in length, but by the skill of Lieutimant Reeves of the Royal Artillery, a sort of Dutch case had been adapted to the gun for use at close quarters. Instead also of the new guns being made of an excessive length, the 600 pounder is so short that it approaches the howitzer in that respect. The fifty Somerset guns building in the Arsenal were all that could be desired for 6 ton naval guns. The vent piece of the Armstrong was giving way to the double wedges and a vent hole through the gun, thus following closely the Russian type; and although the fine grooving had not been entirely abandoned no new 160 pounders were now being so rifled. In a word, breech loading was flickering in its socket before having been finally given up by Sir William Armstrong. The shunt sy s t em, of which the disadvan tages had aready been poi n t e d out, is also on the wane, it having been proved that th e early impression as to t h e d amag e done to the muzzle fr om squeez i ng th e s h o t wa s we ll founded. The whole of the h eavy gun s rifled on this plan had cracked round the muzzl e . S o, a f ter a ll, it wa s now in contemp l a tion to give up th e s h unts and gr i ps, an d coma to a plain groove, with sharp corners. But the same ten dency to f rac t u re existed in th ese sharp cornered grooves as in the shunt groove. Capt. Scott next procee d e d t o no ti ce th e Armstrong and Whitworth competition. He described the the guns used, a nd remarked th a t the Armstrong or d nance i s ed all Sir Will iam ' s latest improvements, employed col: 1 *r but did not include any gun now used in the service, not withstanding all that the nation h a d pa id f or th e earli e r Whitworth brought to the Armstro n g gun. Mr forms of the contest th r ee 12 pounders and three 7 0 pounders, such as he proposed for the service. He h a d roun d e d out the a ngles of his rifling, and his shot were ent i re l y o f i ron roun ded at the an improvement which h a d greatly corner s — lessened the :wear o n the driving side of the gun's rifling. His 70 pounders weighed about 78 cwt. Captain Scott then gave a long and technical account of the result of the expe riments at Shoeburynese with these rival guns. Upon the breech-loader he rema r k e d that it was so far below th e of its strengest supporters standard of the others that us, some at all events, have a breech had at last said— " Let leader ;" and they or 50 rounds were good reason to say so, f or w h enever bad dcon secutively, even w ith mo d era t e 40 fire quickness, the men in the re ar of the gun h a d th e i r f aces and clothes blackened by the es cape of gas. It was use l ess to further conceal the fac t t h a t soldiers were as f ear f u l of the gun as sailors, and became agitated and nerv ous i n rapid firing that during 200 rounds fired about a fortnight ago the vent-piece was once put in the wrong way, and once the breech screw was not s crewed up. Both these de fects were happily seen in time by a spectator. The 70 pounder had not yet been tr i e d, but the lecturer had no hesitation in stating that the Whitworth projectiles wou ld have greater penetrating power than the Armstron g s h ot , The Mackay, the Blakely, and the Palliser guns were next l passed in review, and, in conclusion, the lecturer remarked that was a great n a ti ona l that the discussion of these questions advantage, and had it taken place earlier, and condu c t e d thoroughly, a very large would have b een su m of money saved which had been expended upon weapons now prov e d to be of comparatively little valee. This money would_ employed in developing the steel have been far more usefully einf , manufacture of the country--a manufacture which was admitted by Si r Wm. Armstrong behind the great Prussian fires re presented by Krupp. All other countries had utilised the material already in h an d , and expended very little upon n ew guns; but England at once commenced a new manuracture, wbich was pointed o u t at the time to be i m p e rfect ; and at the present m oment of Sir William's hum te there was not a singl e portion of any a P. naval gun, S ome of rifling which cou ld b e [slapa to remarks upon th e man y failuree of the Armstrong gu ns i n active service ; the ben e fits that would accrue from th e sub ject of naval guns b e i ng t a k e n up e h y a committee of prac tical naval offic ers an d th e best mode of plating vesse l s, brought the lecture to a conclusion. In the cours e o f th e di scuss ion which followed, Captain late leading Selwyn commented adver se ly upon the article in the Times up on th e practical l es son to b© ded uce d f rom the late fight i n th e N ort h S ea . The Tunes de c l are d t h at rifled guns and l ong ranges w ould decide futur e actions; and the Times also made other remarks concerning which Captain Selwyn observed that it was very dangerous to the naval supremacy of the country that the leading journal should draw such incorrect conclusions and teach such false lessons. Young naval officers were, perhaps, better instructed in the conten is of the daily papers than in the duties of their profession, and were therefore likely to pay too much attention to the remarks of those gentlemen who, sitting at home at ease, seemed to be car able of saying all kinds of things upon all subjects. No naval action ever had been or ever would be decided at long ranges. On the contrary, he believed in the tactics gallantly pursued by the Austrians in going into close quarters and doing what they could, although in that case, as in many others, two to one was one too many. A vote of thanks brought the proceedings to a close. Mr. Dion Boucicault and Mr. Webster, " THE FOX CHASE;' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An announcement to the following effect has been made to the public by Mr. Web=ter, the manager of the St. James's Theatre, in reference to my new comedy, in five acts, entitled the " Fax Chase" : " Notice.--This comedy, when sold to Mr. Benjamin Webster, was guaranteed to be ' new and original,' or it would not have been so announced; but Mr. Boucicault has just acknowledged, in a private letter, that he took the idea from the French drama of Sullivan.' " As this notice has been freely repeated and commented upon by the press, I beg of your courtesy and sense of jus tice lto admit my reply. I have not acknowledged in a private letter that I " took the idea from the French drama ' Sullivan;' three weeks ago, in a letter to Mr. C. Mathews, I observed that the story of my piece was the same as " David Garrick," then forthcoming at the Haymarket ; the anecdote underlying the two sub jects being the same. I now beg Mr Mathews to suffer this letter lo be published. There is nothing in it of a pri vate nature, and there could be no reason for withholding the whole of it from publication, except a desire to mis-state a part of its contents. Mr Matthews knew that I had pro duced the piece completed, and in good form, in America, in 1844, and he wrote to me concerning these alterations and additions. I replied that I had no copy by me of the New York edition, and if the incomplete copy in Mr Webster's hands were thrust on the stage, it would barely escape failure. The facts are these :—ln 1863 I offered Mr Webster an unfinished comedy in five acts, called "The Married Bachelor ; or, Don Quixote the Second ;" he lent me £5O upon it; and it is needless to observe that such an amount is a very small part of the value of a "new and original" comedy in five acts, such as Mr. Webster states he pur chased under my guarantee. He made no inquiries as to its originality. For eleven years the play remained un noticed in his possession, until the 2d of May, when he advertised simply "a new comedy," by Dion Bouoicault, Esq., to be produced on Saturday, May 7. On that day he postponed the performance for three days, and altered his description of it, calling it a "new and original" comedy, which announcement he maintained for three days—long enough to enable him to issue the above notice on the day of performance. As "David Garrick" was produced at the Haymarket a week before my comedy was announced as "new and ori ginal," as my private letter was antecedent to that period. Mr. Webster was fully acquainted with the similarity which existed between the two works, and his announce ment was thus made to create an occasion to make an apology in the form of the above notice. ¢•lI leave it to the public to form their o wn opinion upon the motives which have induced this gentlemen to produce my work in a manner to secure the failure I predicted, and then to place a playbill in the hands of the audience on the first night, containing a further inducement to them to condemn the play tendered for their entertainment.—Your obedient servant, DION DOXICICA.ULT. Manchester, May 13. TO TITS EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-" titterers of untruths should have good memo ries," is an old saying, and Mr. Boucicault's is rather at fault. Mr Boucicault, in his letter relative to the comely of " The Fox Chase," says that he did not state that he took his idea from the French drama of " Sullivan," but from the same source as "David Garrick" at the Haymarket, which is avowedly " Sullivan"—a distinction without a difference. "We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us," it seems• I hope Mr C. Mathews will com ply with Mr Boucicault's request and publish his letter. I ask for no better sample of Mr Boucicault's epistolary style. I have a vast number of Mr Boucicault's letters which, if he desires to see in print, his wish shall be instantly acceded to, with notes. Mr Boucicault states that in 1853 he offered me an un finished comedy, in five acts, called " The Married Bachelor; or, Don Quixote the Second." That I lent him £5O upon it and made no inquiry as to its originality. Now mark, sir, how a plain tale sets him down, Ihe comedy was not only finished up to the last speech, but had been carefully rewritten in parts, as the manuscript in my possession will amply prove. In verification of its being finished, it was offered, and I presume accepted, at the Royal Princess's Theatre on December 12, 1852, nine months before he brought it to me, and afterwards to the Lyceum Theatre, but whether before or after it was sold to me I have no data at present to ascertain precisely. Knowing that Mr. Boucicault's originality in "London Assurance" and other dramatic works had been rather seriously questioned, I required Mr. Boucicault's assurance that this comedy was " new and original." He assured me it was entirely so, and on the title-page of each act is written by Mr. Boucicault himself "A new and original comedy in five acts, by Dion Boucicault." In addition to this, the memorandum of agreement, dated September 5, 1863, drawn up by himself and witnessed by my son, commences— " Received fifty pounds on account of my new and original comedy, ' Don Quixote the Second,' being half the entire purchase money, if successful." It must be understood that Mr. Boucicault was in the continual habit of borrowing sums of money of me, and working a portion of each piece. I have before me now his I 0 U for £2OO, dated June 23, 1853, scarcely three months before the arrangement for the comedy. This I 0 U, with many others, are now only curious autographs, as Mr. Boucicault's incidental residence in America for seven years allowed him the advantage of the Statute of Limita tions. The production of the comedy until now was delayed in consequence of the illness and death of Mr. Wright, for whom the character of Tom Waddy was written. I pro posed it as the first piece to be produced this season at the St. James's Theatre, and knew nothing of its not being original; but " The Silver Lining " was preferred. However, being confident in the word and honour of Mr. Boucicault as to the originality I did not conceive delay was dangerous. Upon finding that I had been imposed on, at a time when I was his only friend, I thought it a duty to myself to announce the fact. I appeal to the public if his borrowed work has not been produced and cast in a manner to secure the success of any drama deserving success, and not in a manner, as ho asserts, to secure its failure and condemn the play. The artists saved it, and were twice called at the end. Doubtless Mr Boucicault has been con founding this comedy with three or four others that he had advances of money to write, but forgot to do all but the titles.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Royal St. James's Theatre, May 17. B. WEBSTER. Condemnation of La Pommerais, PARIS, May 17 (Evening). The trial of the poisoning case of La Pommerais was concluded today. The jury found the prisoner guilty of poisoning the widow De Pau w. No men tion of extenuating circumstances having been made, La Pommerais was condemned to death. The main points relied upon by the prosecution were : 1. That the deceased died of poison. 2. That the poison was the nature of those which, belonging to the vegetable kingdom, might leave no characteristic traces in the organs, and might not be eliminated by chemical analysis, but which revealed their presence by their effects, and were discovered by the deadly action which they exercised upon living animals. 3. The experts attracted not only from the matter vomited by Madame Pauw on the flooring of her room, but also from the organs which were analysed, a toxical principle which, being tried upon animals, produced effects analogous t 3 those experienced by Madame Pauw. 4. These effects and this action greatly resemble those known to be produced by digitalis, and the medical men, without positively affirming that digi talis was the poison used, say there is a strong pre sumption that Madame Pauw's death was caused by that substance. 5. Madame Pauw was in no way ill till the day before her death ; the alleged affection of the heart and stomach for which she consulted several doctors was like the fall she said she had had—fables in vented by her, or to which she lent herself. 6. The autopsy showed conclusively that she neither died from a fail nor from internal hemorr hage, nor acute or chronic gastritis, nor from a per foration of the stomach, nor from any natural cause. 7. That poison was found in the prisoner's house, which he cannot account for. 8.:11at digitalis was one of these poisons. THE PRUSSIANS IN JUTLAND.—We learn from a reliable source that on the 11th inst., the day previous to that fixed for the columencement of the truce, Field Marshal Wrangel imposed a fresh contribution on the in habitants of Jutland, and that tho troops under his CO mand actually levied it on the 13th and 14th inst, Church-rates in New Parishes. Yesterday evening a public meeting was held in the new Iron Church, Brewers-fields, Bethnal green, for the phrpoes of taking into consideration the Attorney-General's " Church Building and New Parishes Act Amendment Bill," which stands for second reading in the House of Commons next Friday evening, It was stated in the announcement calling the meeting that attention would also be called to the manner in which church rates wer e levied in the extensive parish of Bethnal-green, now split up into a number of ecclesiastical dis- triots. Mr. Q. COW-LAND, who was called to the chair, said that the &eject of the Attorney-General's bill, which contained upwards of 300 clauses, would apply to the whole of the 1,600 new parishes already created, as well as to those which might be formed in future sans, he thought that is the present state of the chu;ch such a movement on the part of the government was highly injudicious. The bill was in direct opposition to the promise of Sir Robert Peel when he introduced the Church Building Act of 1828 ; and he thought that liberal . churchmen, as well as dissenters, should come for ward in opposition to the rate, for the result of the bill if passed would be that parishes now free from church rates would be saddled with them. Mr C. STOTEL said that every year made the law of church rates more intricate, and it was necessary, therefore, that they should watch all poin ts of the law in their most delicate applications. When he and others conferred w ith Earl Grey, in 1834, on dissent ing grievances, his lordship said that the natural re sult of dissenting principles must be the destructijon of the church, and that churchmen saw that point as , clearly as dissenters themselves. He thought, there. f bre, that dissenters ought to state what they wanted and what they intended to do, so that there might be some moral dignity in their proceedings. He thought Lord Grey was right, and he for one had never hesitated to declare, as a dissenter, that be desired the severance of the Church from State. He contended that the church establishment was the greatest impediment to personal religion, and the most powerful machinery in existence for promoting infidelity. He concluded by moving the first reso lution :—" That this meeting deprecates a legalised and compulsory system of public worship and re ligious teaching in any case, and in whatever form, as being contrary to Christian principle, and unjust to the citizens who bear that wrong; but that is intensely aggravated when, as in the present state of the English hierarchy, it is designed to support teachings which are either not explicable at all or not to be ex plained in any sense which is not hostile to the written word of God, and especially when, as under the local azt of this parish, the deprecated compul sory support of religion is enforced in terms which conceal from the parishioners the real intention of the law." (It appears that in Bethnal-green there is no actual church rate.but the amount necessary for the repair of the fabric of the church is raised under what is called a " composition rate.") The Rev. Mr. HOOTER seconded the motion, and pointed out the nature of the grievance of which the parishioners of Bethnal-green had to complain. No one seemed to know how or when the act passed through Parliament, but every one knew that it conferred almost unlimited powers upon the vestry to rate the parish for church purposes. He com plained that many iterrs were paid out of church rates which were clearly illegal, such as £3 6s. for hat and boots for the beadle, visitation, confirms tiou, and ocher fees, expenses of election of organist, payment of pew openers, &c. Such charges he considered it was the duty of the parishioners to resist. The resolution was put to the meeting, and it was unanimously adopted. Mr. J. C. WILLIAMS moved the second resolu tion :—That as the churches erected under the several church building acts were built on the dis tinct understanding, repeatedly expressed in parlia- ment, that they were not to be maintained by means of church rates, and, notwithstanding, ad vantage has been taken of the ambiguous language of the statutes to attempt to levy church rates in new parishes, this meeting is of opinion that the Church Building Acts ought not to be re-enacted by parliament, without the insertion of a clause which will distinctly prohibit the imposition of burdens on ratepayers for such a purpose, and that accordingly a petition to the House of Commons be signed by the meeting, and that the borough mem bers be requested to support its prayer." He went over at great length the history of church rates, and contended that the Attorney-General had embodied in his bill what parliament had explicitly declared should not be done. He had reason to believe that the Attorney. General intended by this bill to throw impediments in the way of a settlement of the church rate question, and he had reason to believe that the learned gentleman would propose to modify his bill, by leaving out altogether the clause relating to church rates, so as to leave the question exactly where it stood at present. If this scheme of the Attorney-General were allowed to pass a gross injustice would be done to the non-conform- fr g portion of the community. , (Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more unjust than to permit churche - s to be erected by riluntary contributions throughout the country, and then to allow the whole community to be taxed for their support. (Cheers.) The Rev. H. D. NonTimor seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. A petition to Parliament embodying the above resolutions was then agreed to, and entrusted to Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Butler for presentation, and the meeting separated. ENORMOUS CATCHES OF MACKEREL.—The Corm nish seine owners and fishermen are more than ever of opinion that the present season will prove to be the most productive one on record. The catches for the week end ing Saturday last were enormous, and many of the local markets were overstocked. On the Sunday large quanti ties of fish were hawked about the county in consequence of the heavy stock secured on the previous evening by the Newlyn, Mouseholo, and other boats, on the arrival of which at a late hour a scene was presented of unusual ex citement and confusion. So great was the quantity of mac kerel landed that in many instances salesmen were unable to get a bid for their stock. Carts were filled and sent to the inland towns and villages, and ono or two of the boats left for a port where it was hoped something like a price would be obtained. Numbers of the fishermen, after despair ing of anything approaching ready sale, shared "catches" at random, and the process of opening and curing was commenced in earnest. Hundreds of poor people were thus employed not only throughout the night, but during many hours on the Sunday. Much of the fish was of first-rate quality, and many thousands were sold for 2s 6d to 3s per hundred of six score. On the same evening some "East-country" boats landed many thousands of fine mackerel at Penzance, where the same difficulty as de scribed above was experienced in getting rid of them. On the Saturday night also the St. Ives drift teats brought in large catches, which, as in other cases, were difficult to quit; one boat had 10,000. Altogether, there fore. the supply of mackerel secured in one night alone was enormous. On Monday the fishermen had nut much success, but on Wednesday unmistakeable evidence was afforded throughout Cornwall that the catches on the pre vious night had again been large. On Wednesday evening there was what may be almost termed a blank, while on Thursday the fishermen again sailed in the tide of good luck. On Saturday the markets were literally glutted with mackerel, and prices were very low. At Truro even, a town which is by no means one of the cheapest mackerel markets, splendid fish were retailed at 10, 12, and (in the evening) 14 and 15 a shilling. Several scores of tons have been sent over the Cornwall railways, and some of the stations are almost unbearable on account of the great fish traffic dur ing the week. NOtwithstanding the low prices some of the wholesale buyers have lost considerably during the past fortnight in consequence of the continued large supply of fish, the quality of which seems to be fully equalled, if not somewhat excelled at every catch. A CHILD POISONED BY BUTTERCUPS.-"-An in quest was held on Monday last, at the Bull Hotel, Dartford, before Mr. C. J. Carrtar, coroner, on the body of a child named Sarah Elizabeth Heron, aged six years. It appeared by the evidence of the mother and father of the child that some time before death the deceased had com plained of feeling very unwell and in great pain about the body and legs. The mother afterwards discovered that the deceased had been eating buttercups from a field close by, and sent for a powder from a chemist's ; but as the de ceased vomited a great deal, and presented every appearance of having been poisoned, she hastened off for the rve parish surgeon (Mr. Martin), but that gentleman did not m.riemar at the house until the child was dead. A pos t proved that the examination had been made, which clearly deceased jury retur hadue returned been verdictpoisonedf a Martin might have attended sooner upon the deceased.— Afaidstone Journal. b th y a e t a ti effect,ng buttercups ; b - u ENS.—This match G 2 r o o l un ru , ns a t n o d CRICKET. — TAE Two ....LEV d E ng land, first innings, 218 ; second United, it trill. be first innin gs , IS I. seen was resumed that the yesterday United Elevena at Lord ' s h a s ;t 3 T I4 iONGETITY.—The o bi tuary in subjoin the score E innings, xrit 1: 0 6 1 ; 10 7 i total, the Times of yesterday contained more illustrations o f prolonged life than have appeared in this journal for a oonsiderable time—viz., the deaths of four gentlemen and two l a dies whose united a 6 mgesrmats mhoutnate(d,actho, sa3u7d,,gaisviunsguaaln, averag e of v years the fair sex taking tho lead, the eldest having reached the great ago of 103, and the youngest S 3 years of age; the oldest gentleman being 90 years and the youngest 85 years of age. SECONII► EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Day, BATH RACES.-TUTS DAY. BY ELECTRIC.' TELEGRAPH. WELTER STAKES. Tippler w,o, LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 1000 to 12 abet Signalman (taken and offered) No other change. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, BATH RACES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BADMINTON STAKES. Attraction ........................................ 1 Capucine filly Lady Clifden ...................................... 3 Seven ran. SELLING PLATE. Brother to Planet Tom Ashworth Poland Eight ran. WESTON STAKES. Ethelred Shrapnell Puritan Twenty-two ran. The race objected to, Started wrong side of post. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. Teneriffe .. (Clark) 1 Baldwin (Fordham) 2 Pearl Diver (Cannon) 3 Sea King (Adams) 0 Canary Deerstalker Lord Cochrane (Grimshaw) 0 Betting at Starting-3 to 1 agst Teneriffe, 3to 1 agat Baldwin, 5 to 1 agat Pearl Diver, 5 to 1 agst Sea King, 100 to 15 agst Deerstalker. Won by a length; three parts of a length between the second and third. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 45 to 1 agst Historian (offered) MANCHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Gaily Wynnstay Col Crockett Six ran. UNION CUP. Hymettus King of Utopia Flytrap Eight ran. SAPLING STAKES. Wild Agnes East Lynne Maggie Similitude ... ... 4 CITY BETTING—THIS DAY. MANCHESTER TRADESMEN'S CUP, 5 to • 2 agst Trust (taken) 3to 1 agst Greville (taken) 6 to 1 agst Oldminster (offered) 6to 1 agst Dr, Itooke (offered) DERBY. sto 1 agst General Peel (offered) 6 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) 7to 1 agat Scottish Chief (taken) 7to 1 agst Birchbroom (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agat Coast Guard (offered) 12 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 100 to 6 agst Blair Athol (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ely (taken) 25 to 1 agst Baragah (offered) 25 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (offered) 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (offered) 30 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) 33 to 1 agst Forager (offered) 33 to 1 agst Historian (offered) 40 to 1 agst Ackworth (offered) 40 to 1 agst Strafford (taken) 40 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 40 to 1 agst Signalman (offered) 66 to 1 apt Idler (offered) 66 to 1 agst King John (offered) 66 to 1 agst Dormouse (offered) MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was very moderate. The trade, however, ruled heavy for all qualities, at from is to fully 2s per quarter below the rates current at the cloee of last week. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. For ali descriptions the demand was in a sluggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at barely late rates. The season for malting barley is now over. Grinding and distilling qualities met a slow sale, at previous quo tations. Malt sold heavily, at late rates. Oats, the supply of which was moderately good—were in slow request. at barely stationary prices. Beans and peas supported Monday's currency. The show of samples was limited. In flour only a moderate business was transacted, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WUML. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flom. English.-- 210 1 1,780 3,940 280 Irish.. — 1,010 ._ Foreign.— 210 3,(80 3,610 I 60 sks. brie. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d ; veal, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s Ott to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is dull, and prices have a downward ten dency, The accounts from the plantations are very favourable. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 17—Sylph, from Barbadoes—Thomas Dryden, from Shanghae—Balaklava, from Algoa Bay— Sophia, Dunkirk—Carlo, from Trieste—Majestic, from Jamaica—Santis, from Terceira. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, May 17—Cleopatra and Dorothea, from Deme rara—Jenny Jones, bark, from the West—Eskdale, from Alexandria—all for London—Duchess of Bedford, of Dart mouth, from the North, for the West—Ann Increax, bark, from the West, for the North—Cambrian, for Jamaica -- Heroine, for New York—both from London. the PHOTOGRAPHY.—Last week M. Po itevin coma mnnieated to the French PhotogiVbio Society a carious process of his for obtaining ph oto g raphs in re lief i o n n g p . o r l c f e l a a i t n h , i c a k p l r a o y c e e r s s o f which o h m e a c t a i F l l e a d gheellaiotpinlase receivesti etigray impression of light through a n egative, and then put into water, those parts only will swell up that have been pro tected from the solar rays, so that all the shades of the print comes out in relief, while those answering to the light remain depressed. I n this state the impression on gelatine resembles those ingenious views on am orcel • p , called lithographic, in which, on a lamp being placed behind, the shades are produced by various degrees of thickness in the porcelain. M. Poitevin, h • having obtained his impression on gelatine as above described, uses it as a mould which he covers with plastic wh i c h co nsequently the sunken arts porcelain, on p are brought out in re lief. The plate thus prepared is then coated with a thin coloured enamel, and then baked in the oven. The picture thus comes out very distinct, the fusible enamel having mostlyrun into all the depressions, which h ere cons titute the shades. The lights, however, not being pure, this is reme died by grinding off the enamel carefully on the spots re quired, until th e porcelain i•s uncovered. This done, the plate is once more enamelled with a colourless glass and again ex posed to the action of the fir M. Kaiser, a Dutchman, proposes the foll ow i ng d ry co ll o di on p ro cess :—A glass plate is covered with collodion containing no bromide, but known to yield good impressions by the ordinary methods. It is exposed to the action of the silver bath, then washed with filtered rain water, and afterwards with a mixture of half a gramme of camphor, 100 cubic centimetres of absolute alcohol, and two of acetic ether, so that none of the water of the previous washing may adhere to the plate. For this purpose the liquid is slowly delivered to the plate by one of the corners, and allowed to run oft at the opposite one, driving the water before it. The plate is now left to dry, protected from dust and all impurity. In order to develope the print he uses a solution of -- 1 gramme of pyrogenic acid, 2 do. of citric acid, dissolved in 100 cubic centimetres of distilled water, and a few drops of a solution of nitrate of silver at 6 per cent. The plates thus prepared may be preserved a month without losing their sensibility, and may be developed several weeks after exposure to the light.